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In a tune-up for this week’s State Championship Tournament, the Hot Springs County High School golf teams competed in a dual match with Kemmerer on Friday, September 13. The event was played on neutral ground at the Lander Golf Course. Both the Bobcats, and the Lady Cats secured tournament championships in the event, with the Bobcats finishing with a team score of 351 to Kemmerer’s team score of 358. The Lady Cats put up a team score of 301. For the boys, Hayden Overfield was tournament champion – carding a very respectable score of 80 over...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats varsity volleyball team was on the road in Sheridan last week to compete at the Big Horn Tournament. Thirteen 2A schools were in attendance at the event - which covered two days, and pitted the Lady Cats against some of the top teams in the division. Before ever arriving to play at the tournament, the Lady Cats faced difficult odds. After an early 4 a.m. wake-up, the girls were early on the bus to Sheridan, and played their first match at 9 a.m. Over the course of the long Friday, the Lady Cats...
The Hot Springs County High School cross country team competed at the Bryant/Johnson Memorial Cross Country Meet in Riverton on September 12. While the course and weather conditions were favorable, the team did not fare as well as they had hoped. Junior Jadeth Elder led the team with a ninth place finish, running a time of 18:30.33. Coach Stephanie Metz said, “Jadeth was not happy with his time – but then, he’s a competitor.” Cole Keller had a time of 20:03.29; Ammon Gevas ran 20:32.38; Teancum Gevas ran a 21:17.38; Clayton Keller ran a time...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats hosted Tongue River on Friday, September 6. While the local inhabitants of the Town of Thermopolis welcomed the Eagles team and their fans to town, on the gridiron, the visitors were addressed as opponents by the home team. On a perfectly balmy fall day, the Bobcats treated the visiting Eagles to a 34 to zero loss. Coming on the heels of their scrimmage win against Newcastle last week, the defeat of the Eagles was well received by the Bobcats faithful fans. For their home opener, the Cats came to...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats varsity volleyball team played host to Lander on September 5. Facing a very competitive team in the Class 3A Tigers, and in a back-and-forth contest, the Lady Cats came away with a three to two win – 25-22, 16-25, 19-25, 25-23 and 15-11. Thirteen year head coach, Shannon Hill, said she was very pleased with the tenacity of the Lady Cats to hang in there, and come away with the win in five sets. “This is not an easy division. There are a lot of very good teams we will see this year, but I expect tha...
The Hot Springs County High School golf team played host at the Bobcat Invite last week, with two rounds of golf at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Mother Nature contrived to provide two great days of weather for the event on September 5 and 6. The Lady Cats finished in second place, with a team score of 615. The girls from Cody finished in first place, with a team score of 564. The Bobcats finished the tournament in sixth place (689), while the team champions were the team from Lander (621). Outstanding senior, Hayden Overfield, took the boys...
The Hot Springs County High School cross country team was at the Wyoming Indian School last week for a very competitive cross-country track meet. Five members of the Bobcats team were entered in the event, with scores of the top four runners combining for the Cats team score of 96 – good for a sixth place finish. Lander finished atop the board in team scores at 32 points - with three of their runners finishing in the top ten spots. Outstanding junior Jadeth Elder came in first in the boys event, with a time of 17:52 – on a pace of 5:30. Jun...
Last week, the "ABR Roadshow," of America's Best Restaurants (ABR), made its second appearance in Thermopolis during the month of August. The Roadshow was in town to do a review, and a promotion on the One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company on August 8, 2024, and returned on August 27, 2024 to visit the 7 Lazy S Cafe & Bar. ABR is a national restaurant media and marketing consultancy, which highlights culinary establishments around the country. Businesses are featured on the ABR media pages with...
The Hot Springs County High School varsity Bobcats traveled to neutral ground in Buffalo last week, for a week zero scrimmage game against Newcastle. With just seconds left on the clock, the Cats faced a fourth and goal from the seven. As the clock ran out, the Bobcats came away with a game winning touchdown, leaving a final score of Thermopolis 12 and Newcastle 7. Coach Boone Bowker stated, "It was a physical game, against a very physical team that is determined to pound the ball in the ground...
The Hot Springs County High School Golf teams were in Worland last week for the two-day Worland Invite Tournament at Green Hills Golf Course. Green Hills is an eighteen hole public course, which bills itself as the number 3 public course in the State of Wyoming. Ten schools participated in the event. The Lady Cats finished in third place on the leader board, with scores of 309 and 284, for a total team score of 593 – just eleven strokes off of the first place team from Lander. All three Lady Cats – Lilly Johnson, Ruth Needham and Madison Sha...
The Hot Springs County High School Cross Country team opened their season with a warm-up at the Wyoming Invitational in Cheyenne last week. Teams from around the region – both in state, and out of state - were in attendance, to compete in a huge event, intended to get the season off to a roaring start. The Varsity girls event had 172 entrants, while the varsity boys had 218 competitors. Coach Stephanie Metz has a very young team this year – with no seniors and just two juniors, two sophomores, and four freshman. “It’s definitely going to be a...
The Hot Springs County High School Golf Team played in the Terry Berg Invitational at the Lander Golf Course last week. The Bobcats and Lady Cats were pitted against teams from nine area schools, including: Cody, Evanston, Jackson, Lander, Lovell, Powell, Riverton and Worland. The Lander Golf Course sets at an elevation of 5,600 feet, making it one of the highest courses in the State of Wyoming. The course is open to the public, and covers eighteen holes. While the course is comprised of mostly open fairways, on generally level ground, coach...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats have begun to formulate their game plan for the 2024 season. After finishing the 2A West season last year in 5th place – going 2 and 4 in the division, and 2 and 7 overall – the Cats are looking to capitalize on the knowledge and experience garnered in last season’s campaign. Last year’s young team is now a bit older, and a lot more knowledgeable. While his young team was competitive on defense last year, second year coach, Boone Bowker, is determined to improve the team’s somewhat anemic offensive...
The Bobcat golf team was in Powell last week to compete at the Powell Invitational. Ten teams were in attendance, including teams from some very accomplished Class 3A and 4A schools, including last year's Class 4A girls champion team from Sheridan. Although the event was scheduled for two days, play was suspended, due to adverse weather, on Thursday the 14th, and consequently, scores were only tallied for the Friday round. The Powell Golf Course is located a few miles east of the Town of...
The Bobcat cross country team began preparations for a new season this week, with two-a-day practices commencing on Monday. Head Coach, Stephanie Metz, and Assistant Coach, Kaitlyn Dudrick, have the runners working hard to prepare for the upcoming season. The team’s first meet will be in Cheyenne on August 30 for the state pre-view event. From there, the schedule becomes grueling – with weekly events set at the Indian School on September 6, at Riverton on the 12th, at Lander on the 19th and at Worland on the 26th. October will kick off wit...
The 2A High School Fall Golf Season kicks off this week for the Bobcat golf teams. Practices began on Monday and the first tournament of the season will be played in Powell on August 14-15. The season will last a short six weeks, and will conclude with the State Championship Tournament at the Kendrick Golf Course, in Sheridan. Following up on a remarkable season from a year ago, the Lady Cats have two returning All-State players in juniors Lilly Johnson and Madison Shaffer. Madison and Lilly were two of three players who won the Girls State 2A...
Each year, U.S. citizens contribute 4.1 billion hours of volunteer services in this great country - time spent in civic pursuits, like coaching youth sports; serving on the directing boards of non-profit groups or local business organizations - or time spent on religious activities, like maintaining the church building; or raising monies to help the less advantaged in our communities. Those services equate to over 122 billion dollars in value! According to statistics generated by the U.S. Census, Wyoming ranks second among the states in the...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats competed in the 2024 Girls High School Golf National Invitational Tournament July 8-10. The event was held at the PGA Frisco Campus and covered three days of very challenging play, on some premier golf courses, located in and around Frisco, Texas. The invite-only tournament is made up of the premier high school golfers in the nation, and is described by the PGA as "a celebration of a player's hard work and excellence during their high school golf...
In-coming Hot Springs County High School sophomore and state champion wrestler Lilly Quintanilla, made an impressive showing at the largest wrestling tournament in the world. Wrapping up her amazing freshman year at the US Marine Corps Junior and 16U Nationals, Lilly wrestled in the 16U Girls Division. Having placed 4th in a loaded bracket of 90 women from around the nation, Lilly is the first ever wrestler from Thermopolis to place at this tournament, and the first ever to gain All-American...
In-coming Hot Springs County High School sophomore, Cannon Boren, was in competition last week at the U.S. Marine Corp Junior and U16 Nationals, which are held annually at Fargo, North Dakota. The tournament is the largest wrestling tournament in the world, and serves as the pinnacle for National Championships in Freestyle and Greco Wrestling in the United States. Cannon competed in the 16U Division, at 132 lbs., having qualified by placing 2nd at Cadet State back in April. Cannon was in a 256 man bracket in freestyle, and went 0-2 against...
Property ownership is perhaps one of the greatest of all aspirations of the typical American. The desire to own property is as strong today, as it was before the United States even became a nation. For some, to own property is the beginning, and the end, of all things. Indeed, land ownership is often a means by which one earns one’s living. Charles Dudley Warner once said of the subject: “To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life – this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satis...
The Hot Springs County High School Track Team qualified for thirty-one spots at the Wyoming High School State Championships – which were held this past weekend in Casper. The local weather proved favorable, and the event saw a number of state records fall in several categories. While none of the local competitors came out on top in their events, all of the qualifiers displayed great efforts, and each met with favorable results. Highlights for the Lady Cats include: Jayda Griffin set a p...
The Hot Springs County High School Golf Team was in Torrington last weekend to compete at the 2A Spring Championship Golf Tournament. Following up on their outstanding performance in the fall season, the Lady Cats once again came out on top. The tournament covered two rounds for both the Bobcats and the Lady Cats, with each round being played at the Cottonwood at Torrington Golf Course. While the weather on day one was cold, gray and windy, conditions improved nicely on day two for the final...
The Bobcat track teams traveled to Mountain View this past weekend to compete in the 3A West Regional Tournament. At the event, both the Bobcats and the Lady Cats qualified several team standouts for this week's State Championship Track Meet to be held in Casper on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Four Lady Cats qualified in individual competition, and two teams qualified in relay events. In individual events, Ina King qualified for state in the 100 meter dash and the triple jump. Davdine King...
This past week, Hot Springs County High School played host to teams from seventeen Wyoming schools, in the final week of the regular track season. While the weather had been somewhat unsettled leading up to the event, conditions improved sufficiently to allow the teams to compete last Friday. Both the Bobcats, and the Lady Cats displayed a competitive effort in the various events, with results that placed the Lady Cats in fifth place with 47 points and the Bobcats in third place with 101...
